Stance on Climate Change

“Climate is becoming increasingly warmer we hear almost every day. This is what has become known as Global Warming. The driving idea is that there is a linear relationship between CO2 increase in the atmosphere and global temperature. The fact, however, is that temperature has constantly gone up and down. From 1850 to 1970, we see an almost linear relationship with Solar variability; not CO2. For the last 30 years, our data sets are so contaminated by personal interpretations and personal choices that it is almost impossible to sort up the mess in reliable and unreliable data.” [5]

“If you have a temperature rise, if it’s a problem in one area, it’s beneficial in another area. But sea level is the real 'bad guy,' and therefore they [The IPCC] have talked very much about it. But the real thing is, that [sea level rise] doesn’t exist in observational data, only in computer modeling.” [3]

After the conference, Mörner had a book signing for The Greatest Lie Ever Told.

The Conference is sponsored by numerous global warming skeptic organizations, and in 2009 the event's sponsors collectively received over $47 million from oil companies and right-wing foundations.

October 20, 2009

Mörner wrote an open letter (PDF)to President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, protesting Nasheed's message when the hosted a Cabinet meeting to raise awareness about rising sea levels and how they would affect the Maldives. [8]

Mörner summarizes his points as follows:

In the last 2000 years, sea level has oscillated with 5 peaks reaching 0.6 to 1.2 m above the present sea level.

From 1790 to 1970 sea level was about 20 cm higher than today

In the 1970s, sea level fell by about 20 cm to its present level

Sea level has remained stable for the last 30 years, implying that there are no traces of any alarming on-going sea level rise.

Therefore, we are able to free the Maldives (and the rest of low-lying coasts and island around the globe) from the condemnation of becoming flooded in the near future.

December 13, 2007

Signed a a 2007 open letter to UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon that contends “It is not possible to stop climate change, a natural phenomenon that has affected humanity through the ages,” and that “Attempts to prevent global climate change from occurring are ultimately futile, and constitute a tragic misallocation of resources that would be better spent on humanity's real and pressing problems.” [9]

April, 2006

Mörner signed a 2006 open letter to Stephen Harper that urged inaction on climate change policy.

Affiliations

Publications

According to a search of 22,000 academic journals, Mörner has published 65+ original research papers in peer-reviewed journals, mainly in the area of paleoseismicity, in other words the study of historical earthquake activity.

Mörner has also published The Greatest Lie Ever Told (*Which does not appear to be peer-reviewed*) that sets out to refute the idea of catastrophic sea level rise.

Democracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.

There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.